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Iran, Iraq Reach Agreement to Issue Low-Cost Visas for Arbaeen Pilgrimage The Iraqi government has reached an agreement with Iranian officials to facilitate the annual Arbaeen pilgrimage, according to Seyyed Majid Mirahmadi, the head of Iran's Central Headquarters of Arbaeen. The agreement includes the issuance of low-cost special visas for Iranian pilgrims to alleviate the […]
By Michael Knights, Hamdi Malik and Crispin Smith, for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Muhandis Company: Iraq's Khatam al-Anbia Similar to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Iraqi "resistance" groups have long sought a company with […]
Iraqi Transport Minister Razzaq Muhibis Al-Saadawi said his country is seriously determined to complete the construction operation of the Shalamcheh-Basra Railway, which had been stalled for years.# Speaking in his meeting with Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash in Tehran on Thursday, Al-Saadawi stated that the Iraqi government tries to consider the […]
From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Inside story: Kadhimi, Arab-Iranian dialogue and the 'witch-hunt' in Iraq Former Iraqi prime minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi's recent trip to Iran came as a surprise to many Iraqis and Iranians. The trip triggered a […]
By Gilles Kepel for Al Monitor. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. 20 years after US invasion of Iraq, what lessons remain? With the Pentagon now refocusing elsewhere, and with Iran getting closer to nuclear weapons by the day, the widening […]
By Hayder Al-Shakeri for Chatham House. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Are new US financial restrictions on Iraq missing their target? The latest restrictions are a symptom of increased US-Iran tensions. But as Iraq's elite find ways around them, ordinary Iraqis […]
By Michael Knights, for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Orbital Fluctuations Among the Iran-Supported Militias in Iraq Astronomical models provide a surprisingly helpful illustration of how Iran-backed armed groups wield power in the MENA […]
By Steven A. Cook, for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Twenty Years After the War to Oust Saddam, Iraq Is a Shaky Democracy On the two-decade anniversary of the U.S. invasion, Iraq is weakly […]
By Frank Sobchak and Matthew Zais, for Time Magazine. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. How Iran Won the Iraq War The U.S. must militarily deter Iran so that it retracts rather than expands its regional aggression. Read the full article […]
From Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW). Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq to Contain the Kurdish Opposition and Pay Its Debts to Iran in Emirati Dirhams Iraq will begin paying for its debts and imports from Iran in Emirati […]
The Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) has said that Iran and Iraq have agreed to resume the construction operation of the Shalamcheh-Basra Railway and relaunching of the hybrid Tehran-Karbala train. Mi'ad Salehi, the CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, in a post on his Twitter account wrote: "In […]
By Crispin Smith and Michael Knights for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Remaking Iraq: How Iranian-Backed Militias Captured the Country The slow-rolling regime change focused on capturing U.S.-supported institutions and turning them against U.S. […]
